Tom's Hardware > Forum > Overclocking > CPUs > Is my system stable?

Is my system stable?

Forum Overclocking : CPUs - Is my system stable?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!

Ask the community Add a reply

Bottom Search this thread

I just custom built a pc with 790i ultra, Q6600, 9800GX2, and 4gb ddr3 @1333. My case is an Antec120, and my cpu cooler is a Tuniq Tower. My system's randomly crashing (once every few hours) during usage. When I was overclocking, I accidently set 3000 fsb to my cpu clock speed, and my bios wouldn't boot up for a few seconds when restarted. When it did restart, my cpu clock speed was reset to the 2.40 stock speed. I was wondering if that could be a factor in my crashing? It shouldn't have harmed my cpu though. My computer crashes indiscriminately now, no matter the clock speed. It would sometimes even crash when It's idle! I currently have my Q6600 O/C to 3.38, and my idle temp is 24 degrees celcius.

Also, when monitoring my cpu frequencies, it would jump between 3.375 and 2.250 (default speed is 2.40) Why is this?

Message edited by PwnageSoul on 02-26-2009 at 05:30:16 AM

Add a reply

Thats called speed stepping, when your CPU is not in use it runs at stock speed, so it looks like you have it OC to 3.375GHz. Who makes the mother board.?

------------------------------ ASUS Striker II Extreme , C2D Q9450 OC 3.4, 8 Gig Memory, EVGA 8800GTX Triple SLI, Thermaltake 1000W PSU, Thermaltake Armor + Case, Acer 24" LCD, Water Cooled, 12 Foot DVI Cable, Vista 64 Bit SP2
Reply to baddad

My mobo is a EVGA 790i ultra. I just checked the stability of my cpu with OCCT and it said it ran fine without any errors. It couldn't be my cpu that's causing it to crash (since it crashed even at 2.66.. unless it's permenately damaged). Should I overclock my cpu even more? It's currently running on air @3.38ghz, idle temp = 25.

Reply to PwnageSoul

PwnageSoul, kill speed stepping in BIOS, you’ll run full OC all the time then.

If you want to know if you have damaged your components which i don’t believe you have... run the machine @ stock settings in Prime95 for a few hours.
When it passes Prime95, up your FSB and test with Prime95 again. Rinse and repeat until you crash and then drop it down to the last good OC.

Also, is your memory linked to the Processor? If so unlink it, set to default voltage and CAS.

Reply to grieve

Disable speedstep in bios and remove all but 1 stick of RAM.If the system remains stable for twice as long as before without any errors,then add another stick of RAM.Also,you forgot to mention what POWER SUPPLY you have.You should have a 750watt PSU or bigger of a quality name brand.Goodluck.

Dahak

ASUS P5N-D
C2D E8500 STOCK
ZALMAN 9500 CPU COOLER
2X2GIG DDR2 1066 IN DC MODE
TOUGHPOWER 850WATT PSU
EVGA GTX 260
SMILIDON RAIDMAX GAMING CASE
LG 24IN WS LCD 1920X1080
250GIG HD/500GIG HD
LOGITECH G15 GAMING KEYBOARD
G5 GAMING MOUSE
LOGITECH Z-5500 5.1 SURROUND SYSTEM
500WATS CONTINUOUS,1000 PEAK
WIN XP PRO

Reply to Dahak

Ask the community Add a reply

Tom's Hardware > Forum > Overclocking > CPUs > Is my system stable?

Go to:

Help |
Forum rules

There are 657 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Page generated in 0.374 seconds

Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel

Focus On

Is my system stable?

Forum Overclocking : CPUs - Is my system stable?

Please mind